CVE-2016-5873
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5873
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5873.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5873
- Downstream
- Published
- 2017-01-23T21:59:01.813Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-08T12:44:12.391285Z
- Severity
-
- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Buffer overflow in the HTTP URL parsing functions in pecl_http before 3.0.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via non-printable characters in a URL.
- References
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95863
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/29/4
- https://pecl.php.net/package/pecl_http/3.0.1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-17
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/29/1
- https://github.com/m6w6/ext-http/commit/3724cd76a28be1d6049b5537232e97ac
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71719
Affected packages
Git / github.com/m6w6/ext-http
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/m6w6/ext-http
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedFixed
- Database specific
{ "source": [ "CPE_RANGE", "REFERENCES" ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:php:pecl_http:*:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "3.0.1" } ] }